Weather Panic! This is the New Normal (and We're Hopelessly Unprepared)
The mind, of course, is just what the brain does for a living.
Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views.
With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.
Like sand on the beach, the brain bears the footprints of the decisions we have made, the skills we have learned, the actions we have taken.
A single decision by the chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell has a greater impact on the health of the planet than all the coffee-ground-composting, organic-cotton-wearing ecofreaks gathering in Washington D.C., for Earth Day festivities this weekend.